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(NOTE: None of these study materials are available electronically. All library materials are available to University of Michigan affiliates only. You must come to the library since we are unable to ship items to you. Past Exams and items from the Reference Section are available for use only within the Library. Items from the Dentistry Library stacks may be checked out according to normal Library policies.)


General Info

National Board Dental Examinations

All about
Dental Boards and Licensure Information for the New Graduate - site developed by ADA. Background, Purpose, Examination Content and Format, Eligibility Requirements, Scoring, etc. [MEMBERS ONLY!]

State and Regional Contacts

For information concerning a state's current practices and specific criteria for license recognition, dentists should contact the dental board of the state in which license recognition is sought. A list of state dental board contact information is available from: "State and Regional Dental Agency Contact Information." - developed by ADA.

NERB Online

The North East Regional Board (NERB) home page.

Past Exams

For the Dentistry National Boards

National Board Dental Examinations, Part I and Part II, 1970 - 1997
These are copies of past examinations which have been released for study purposes. Ask at the Dental Library Circulation Desk.

For past exams you might also contact :
Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations
American Student Dental Association
211 East Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60611
Phone : 800-621-8099
Fax : 312-440-2820

Or order them from ASDA home-page:
http://www.asdanet.org/store/

For the Dental Hygiene National Boards

National Board Dental Hygiene Examinations, 1973 - 1988.
These are copies of past examinations which have been released for study purposes. Ask at the Dental Library Circulation Desk.

National Board Dental Hygiene Pilot Examination, Component A and Component B, February 1996.
These are copies of past examinations which have been released for study purposes. Ask at the Dental Library Circulation Desk.


For the NERBs

Format of the Examination in Dentistry. Spring 1994. (On Reserve. Call Number : RK; 5; .N95; N67)
Overview and content of the Examination.



Books

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General | National Boards | NERB | Hygiene | Dental Assisting |

General Study Guides

  • This Is Your Dentist Passbook
    Call Number: RK 57 .D4611 1992
    (In Dentistry Library Reference Section)

  • Review of Diagnosis, Oral Medicine, Radiology and Treatment Planning. Wood, N.
    Call Number: RK 301 .W877 1993
    (In Dentistry Library Reserves, Ask At Circ.)

  • Review of Basic Science and Clinical Dentistry, V. 1 Basic Science, and V. 2 Clinical Dentistry (1980). Wells, J., Reed, M., Coury, V.
    Call Number: RK 51 .R471 v. 1 and v.2
    (In Dentistry Library Stacks)

For the Dentistry National Boards

  • New Rudman's Questions and Answers on the NDB, National Dental Boards, Part I and Part II, (two vols.) (Note: This is the 1989 edition. See below for current editions.)
    Call Number: RK 57 .R831 1989 v.1 (and v.2)
    (In Dentistry Library Reference Section)

  • New Rudman's Questions and Answers on the NDB, National Dental Boards, Part I (1993 ed.)
    Call Number: RK 57 .R831 1993 v.1 (Part I)
    (In Dentistry Library Reference Section)

  • New Rudman's Questions and Answers on the NDB, National Dental Boards, Part II (1996 ed.)
    Call Number: RK 57 .R831 1996 v.1 (Part II)
    (In Dentistry Library Reference Section)

For the NERB

  • Review of Diagnosis, Oral Medicine, Radiology, and Treatment Planning. Wood, Norman K.
    Call Number: RK 301 .W877 1987
    (In Dentistry Library Stacks)

For the Dental Hygiene Exam

  • Appleton & Lange's Review of Dental Hygiene (4th ed.). Barnes, MM., and Waring, M.
    Call Number: RK 60.5 .D431 1995
    (In Dentistry Library Stacks)

  • Mosby's Comprehensive Review of Dental Hygiene (3th ed.). Darby, M.
    Call Number: RK 60.7 .M671 1994
    (In Dentistry Library Stacks, and in Reference Section)

  • NDHB, National Dental Hygiene Boards. Rudman, J.
    Call Number: RK 60.5 .R915 1988
    (In Dentistry Library Reference Section)

  • This Is Your Passbook For Dental Hygienist.
    Call Number: RK 60.5 .D462 1993
    (In Dentistry Library Reference Section)

For the Dental Assistants Exam

  • Appleton & Lange's Review For The Dental Assistant. Andujo, E.
    Call Number: RK 60.5 .H571 1992
    (In Dentistry Library Stacks)

  • Dental Assisting Test Preparation. Giaquinto, C., Albano, R.
    Call Number: RK 60.5 .G53 1996
    (In Dentistry Library Reference Section)

  • Dental Assisting Exam Preparation. Torres, H., Mazzucchi-Ballard, L.
    Call Number: RK 60.5 .T6691 1994
    (In Dentistry Library Reference Section)

  • Mosby's Comprehensive Review of Dental Assisting. Finkbeiner, B. L., Johnson, C. S.
    Call Number: RK 60.5 .F541 1997
    (In Dentistry Library Stacks)

  • PREP, Program Review and Exam Preparation, Dental Assistant. Andujo, E.
    Call Number: RK 60.5 .H571 1997
    (In Dentistry Library Stacks)

  • Rudman's Questions and Answers on the NDAB, National Dental Assistant Boards.
    Call Number: RK 60.5 .N532 1990
    (In Dentistry Library Reference Section)

  • This Is Your Passbook for Dental Assistant.
    Call Number: RK 60.5 .D463 1993
    (In Dentistry Library Reference Section)

Internet Resources


HealthWeb: Dentistry includes the following two helpful resource lists for information to help you prepare for boards or get information about how to take the boards for a given location.

Medical and Dental Board Review - This site is sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry at Temple University School of Medicine. Its purpose is to help prepare students for the Medical and/or Dental Board Exams.

National Board Study Questions - Tutorial and Questions released by the American Dental Association's Commission on National Boards. This site was developed by USC School of Dentistry.

Study Guides for Oral Pathology - An interactive teaching tool developed by William Crawford, DDS, and The Center for Scholarly Technology, University of South California.

NERB CSCE & DSCE Demo
The NERB has prepared in cooperation with Sylvan Prometric a demonstration of the computer based examination for Dental Hygienists and Dentists. This demo was not designed to be a study tool, only to introduce the candidate to the format of the examination.


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